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Navrajdeep Singh

Navrajdeep Singh is a senior staff correspondent. He covers agriculture, crime, local bodies, health and education in the Patiala district of Punjab.

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PMLA case:Former Punjab minister Ashu forced to withdraw bail plea due to lawyers’ goof up

The matter came to light after the ED officials investigating into the matter raised the issue before the court — the special court (PMLA), Jalandhar — that the central agency was not made party to the bail application filed by Ashu

Former Punjab minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on August 1. (HT File)
Updated on Sep 25, 2024 07:50 AM IST

Punjab ammonia leak: Factory owner & officials booked

During police probe, it came to fore that NoCs were provided illegally to the factory as the unit was running in the middle of residential and commercial areas

A case under Section 105 (causing death by negligence) and Section 61(2) (criminal conspiracy) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita has been registered against the accused. (HT File)
Published on Sep 22, 2024 10:40 PM IST

663 Punjab villages identified as stubble-burning hotspots

Farm fires in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh are seen as a major contributor to pollution in the region, with the national capital and its surrounding areas bearing the major brunt every year

8,000 employees to keep an eye on farm fires; state saw 36,663 such cases last year. (HT File)
Published on Sep 22, 2024 10:32 PM IST
By, Jalandhar

Stuck in Lebanon, Ludhiana man returns after 23 years

Gurtej Singh went to Lebanon illegally and lost passport in 2006. The Union external affairs ministry issued him fresh passport last month.

Gurtej Singh during a meeting with Rajya Sabha member Balbir Singh Seechewal on Friday.
Updated on Sep 20, 2024 10:49 PM IST
By, Jalandhar

Niti Ayog to meet Punjab CM for industrial growth

A team of the Niti Ayog is carrying out a study in Jalandhar and Ludhiana for the development of hand tool manufacturing in the state.

The aim is to make Punjab emerge as the hand tool capital in two months., says Niti Ayog adviser Sanjeet Singh. (Picture only for representational purpose)
Updated on Sep 19, 2024 06:14 AM IST
By, Jalandhar

Punjab: Two held for kidnapping, killing NRI in Jalandhar

Accused wanted to threaten victim into coughing up money but killed him as he recognised one of them.

One of the accused was apprehended from Nakodar and the other from Amritsar. (HT File)
Published on Sep 18, 2024 07:44 AM IST
By, Jalandhar

Two arrested for kidnapping, killing NRI in Punjab’s Jalandhar

Accused admit to stabbing 76-year-old to death before dumping body in canal near Moga, divers trying to locate body.

Mohinder Singh, a 76-year-old NRI who was kidnapped by two youngsters from his native Kang Sahibu village in Jalandhar district three days ago, has been murdered, police said on Tuesday. (HT file photo)
Published on Sep 17, 2024 04:10 PM IST

Doctors’ 3-hr daily strike begins today, to hit OPD services across Punjab

Over 2,500 Punjab doctors will strike for three hours from Sept 9-11, suspending OPD services to demand better security and career progression.

The Punjab Civil Medical Services Association, which has announced the strike, stated that the OPD services would be suspended from 8 am to 11 am between September 9 and 11. (HT File)
Updated on Sep 09, 2024 05:02 AM IST
ByKaram Prakash/Navrajdeep Singh, Patiala/jalandhar

Register FIR against those involved in 9.8-cr fund bungling: NHM to civil surgeon

The National Health Mission (NHM), Punjab, has directed the Jalandhar civil surgeon for the registration of an FIR against the officials and employees involved in an alleged misappropriation of funds to the tune of ₹9.85 crore.

The National Health Mission (NHM), Punjab, has directed the Jalandhar civil surgeon for the registration of an FIR against the officials and employees involved in an alleged misappropriation of funds to the tune of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>9.85 crore. (HT File)
Updated on Sep 05, 2024 10:48 PM IST
By, Jalandhar

Punjab foodgrain scam: ED arrests former minister Ashu’s aide in Khanna

Rajdeep Singh Nagra, an aide of former Punjab food and civil supplies and consumer affairs minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu, remanded in seven-day custody in connection with ₹2,000-crore foodgrain transportation-linked money-laundering case.

The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday arrested Rajdeep Singh Nagra, an aide of former Punjab food and civil supplies minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu, in connection with an alleged <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>2,000-crore foodgrain transportation-linked money-laundering case. (HT Photo)
Published on Sep 05, 2024 03:52 PM IST

After 2 years in limbo: Work on 100-bed CCU begins at Jalandhar civil hospital

A centrally-sponsored project faced hiccups due to the failure of the state health department to acquire adequate land within its premises

The work on the much-hyped critical care unit (CCU) at Jalandhar’s Shaheed Babu Labh Singh Civil Hospital, one of the largest in the state, eventually began two years after the announcement
Updated on Sep 05, 2024 08:48 AM IST
By, Jalandhar

Punjab: Gangster Jaggu Bhagwanpuria’s aide injured in Jalandhar police encounter

Kannu Gujjar, wanted in cases of murder and extortion, was critically injured in retaliatory fire by police team tracking his movement in Jalandhar city. Nine shots fired from both sides.

An aide of jailed gangster Jaggu Bhagwanpuria, Kannu Gujjar, was injured in an encounter with the police in Jalandhar on Tuesday afternoon. (Representational photo)
Published on Sep 03, 2024 03:32 PM IST

SEBI slaps 63 crore fine on Rana Sugars

The firm is owned and managed by Kapurthala MLA Rana Gurjit Singh and his son and Sultanpur Lodhi MLA Inder Pratap Singh Rana, who is managing director and promotor of RSL, and other family members as chairman and promotors.

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has imposed a penalty of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>63 crore on Rana Sugar Limited (RSL) on the alleged charges of diversion of funds to its conduit and individual entities. (HT File)
Updated on Aug 30, 2024 05:58 AM IST
By, Jalandhar

Closure cloud on illegal cold storage, potato farmers predict 20cr loss

Congress MLA from Kapurthala Rana Gurjit Singh has written PPCB chairman Adarsh Pal Vig asking him to reconsider board’s decision as the potato stock will rot if power supply not resumed.

Farmers have demanded that the concerned authorities must allow the cold storage facility to function normally for this season in their interest. (HT File)
Updated on Aug 24, 2024 07:14 AM IST
By, Kapurthala

{‘Donkey route’ to Russia} Two travel agents booked 7 months after 18-year-old youth goes missing

Seven months after an 18-year-old boy, who was on his way to Russia through ‘donkey route’ went missing under mysterious circumstances in Latvia in Northern Europe, two travel agents have been booked for duping Kapurthala family of lakhs of rupees.

Sagar, a resident of Kapurthala’s Bholath, left India on January 6 for Russia via France, Belarus, Latvia and Germany. (HT Photo)
Updated on Aug 23, 2024 06:06 AM IST

Mann’s Independence Day speech from bullet-proof glass shield triggers row

Opposition slams the chief minister and the AAP government over ‘poor law and order’ situation in the state.

Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann delivers his Independence Day speech in Jalandhar on Friday. (HT photo)
Updated on Aug 17, 2024 05:36 AM IST
By, Jalandhar

‘Over excavation’ by NHAI contractors led to clash, claim cops

The villagers and farm unions have accused the NHAI contractors involved in the construction of the Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway of ‘over excavation’ of land which was posing a threat to their fields.

Sandeep Arora, general secretary of All India Kisan Sabha, said against the permissible limit of carrying excavation up to 6 feet, the contractors have excavated the land up to 15 feet damaging the whole ecosystem. (HT Photo)
Updated on Aug 14, 2024 08:44 AM IST
By, Jalandhar

Punjab: Jalandhar court hands down 9-year jail term to drug lord Raja Kandola in PMLA case

Kandola’s wife Rajwant Kaur gets three-year jail, while their son Bally has been acquitted in the ED case registered in 2015.

The Jalandhar district and sessions court on Tuesday sentenced NRI drug lord Ranjeet Singh, alias Raja Kandola, to nine years’ imprisonment in a 2015 Prevention of Money Laundering Act case linked with a <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>200-crore ICE (methamphetamine) seizure. (HT file photo)
Published on Aug 13, 2024 12:37 PM IST

{Paris Games} Back-to-back bronze medals In hockey glory, Punjab has a special reason to cheer

Punjab had a special reason to rejoice in the back-to-back Olympic bronze medals in hockey. The state, which is considered a nursery of the game, has a maximum of eight players in the 16-member squad and on Thursday, the team inspired by skipper Harmanpreet Singh’s brace, clinched a historic bronze medal defeating Spain 2-1 in a keenly contested match.

Hockey player Manpreet Singh’s family celebrates India’s hockey win in the Paris Olympics. (HT Photo)
Updated on Aug 09, 2024 07:04 AM IST
By, Chandigarh/jalandhar

Foodgrain transportation scam: ED gets Ashu’s custody for another five days

The court dismissed former minister’s pleas challenging his arrest and remand. An ED official said investigators found new key facts related to Ashu’s alleged involvement in the whole scam.

Former Punjab minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu being taken to a court in Jalandhar on Wednesday.
Published on Aug 07, 2024 10:24 PM IST
By, Jalandhar

India-Pak border: 3,000 AI-enabled cameras to check smuggling: Mann

The state government is going to install 3,000 Artificial Intelligence-enabled CCTV cameras at the India-Pakistan International Border to keep check on drug smuggling, chief minister Bhagwant Mann said

The state government is going to install 3,000 Artificial Intelligence-enabled CCTV cameras at the India-Pakistan International Border to keep check on drug smuggling, chief minister Bhagwant Mann said on Tuesday.
Updated on Aug 07, 2024 07:48 AM IST

Diarrhoea deaths: Kapurthala councillors seek action against MC commissioner

Municipal commissioner has rubbished the allegations, saying the grievances of councillors are being redressed.

Nearly 65 cases of diarrhoea were reported from Kapurthala recently. Five patients, including a 2-year-old, lost their lives.
Published on Aug 05, 2024 09:37 PM IST
By, Kapurthala

Foodgrains transportation scam: Jalandhar court sends Ashu to 5-day ED custody

The additional sessions court here on Friday sent former Punjab food and civil supplies and consumer affairs minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu to five-day Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody in an alleged ₹2,000-crore foodgrain transportation-linked money-laundering case

Former Congress minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu being taken to a court in Jalandhar on Friday. (PTI)
Updated on Aug 03, 2024 09:22 AM IST
By, Jalandhar

{Foodgrains transportation scam} ED arrests ex-Congess minister Ashu in money-laundering case

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday arrested former Punjab food and civil supplies and consumer affairs minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu in an alleged ₹2,000-crore foodgrain transportation-linked money-laundering case.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday arrested former Punjab food and civil supplies and consumer affairs minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu in an alleged <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>2,000-crore foodgrain transportation-linked money-laundering case. (HT Photo)
Updated on Aug 02, 2024 05:44 AM IST

Punjab ‘ignored’ in budget, will boycott Niti Aayog meet: Mann

Bhagwant Mann slams BJP-led NDA government for withholding Punjab’s funds, including rural development fund and those under the National Health Mission

Chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday said he will boycott the Niti Aayog meeting, alleging that Punjab was “ignored” in the Union budget.
Updated on Jul 26, 2024 07:40 AM IST

Punjab: Six soldiers injured as vehicle overturns on Jalandhar-Amritsar highway

All six admitted to military hospital in Jalandhar Cantt; truck driver, who hit their vehicle, flees

The mangled remains of the army truck being taken away after the accident on the Jalandhar-Amritsar highway on Saturday. (HT Photo)
Published on Jul 20, 2024 12:56 PM IST

Ice case: Amritpal’s brother in two-day police custody

Amritpal’s family has already termed the police action as a conspiracy to defame the radical Sikh preacher who is detained under the National Security Act at Dibrugarh jail in Assam.

Harpreet and his accomplice Lovepreet were caught while allegedly carrying 4-gm ice (Methamphetamine) drug on the Jalandhar-Panipat national highway near Phillaur on July 11. (Picture only for representational purpose)
Published on Jul 19, 2024 10:40 PM IST
By, Jalandhar

{Jalandhar} ICE recovery case Cops to move sessions court seeking police remand of MP Amritpal’s brother

The Jalandhar rural police will move sessions court seeking police custody of Harpreet Singh, elder brother of Khadoor Sahib MP Amritpal Singh, who was arrested with 4gm of ICE (Methamphetamine) on the Jalandhar-Panipat national highway near Phillaur on July 11, officials said on Tuesday.

The Jalandhar rural police will move sessions court seeking police custody of Harpreet Singh, elder brother of Khadoor Sahib MP Amritpal Singh, who was arrested with 4gm of ICE (Methamphetamine) on the Jalandhar-Panipat national highway near Phillaur on July 11, officials said on Tuesday. (HT File)
Updated on Jul 17, 2024 05:18 AM IST
By, Jalandhar

Punjab bypoll: AAP’s Mohinder Bhagat wins Jalandhar West seat

Bhagat has defeated Sheetal Angural, who had quit as AAP legislator in March to join BJP, by 37,725 votes.

AAP candidate Mohinder Bhagat, along with party members, celebrates his bypoll victory in Jalandhar on Saturday. (ANI)
Published on Jul 13, 2024 09:24 PM IST
By, Jalandhar

Punjab byelection: AAP’s Mohinder Bhagat wins Jalandhar West seat

Defeats Sheetal Angural, who had quit as AAP legislator in March to join BJP, by 37,725 votes; shot in arm for Bhagwant Mann-led AAP in state after below par Lok Sabha outcome.

Mohinder Bhagat’s victory comes as a shot in the arm for chief minister Bhagwant Mann, who had been camping in Jalandhar and leading the AAP campaign after a below par performance in the recent Lok Sabha elections in which the party won three of the 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab. (File photo)
Updated on Jul 13, 2024 01:19 PM IST
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